On Friday 18 May 2007 14:57, Steve Litt wrote: > Hi all, > > The cover of my Ebook was created in Vim, and is incorporated on the first > page of my LyX file as a .jpg. I started with an 8.5x11 drawing in Gimp, > but it was too huge and I had to scale the image to quarter size and put it > in LyX. If I scaled using linear interpolation, the letters were blurry at > higher magnifications. If I scaled using cubic or Lanczos interpolation, it > caused some disturbing artifacts, especially at higher magnifications > within the .pdf file. > > Anyone know of a way I can use a full sized 8.5x11 graphic without it > taking over a megabyte of memory? One would think it would be very > compressible. Over half the graphic is contiguous pure white, with another > 10% contiguous pure black.
I figured it out. With a really big graphic, you you must create the graphic as a .eps, and within LyX include that .eps. Whatever graphic conversion programs LyX uses blows converts from .jpg or .png to a HUGE .eps, much bigger than the .eps would be if you created it directly from Gimp. SteveT Steve Litt Author: Universal Troubleshooting Process books and courseware http://www.troubleshooters.com/
